History of New Brunswick
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The history of New Brunswick covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. Prior to European colonization, the lands encompassing present-day New B
A Passamaquoddy story scraped onto a bark
Depiction of the siege of Saint John in 1745, during the Acadian Civil War
A View of the Plundering and Burning of the City of Grimross (present-day Arcadia, New Brunswick) by Thomas Davies in 1758. This is the only contemporaneous image of the St. John River Campaign and the Acadian expulsion.
The Coming of the Loyalists by Henry Sandham, depicting the arrival of the loyalists to New Brunswick
Acadia
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Acadia was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. Settlers primarily cam
History of New Brunswick
…French explorers first arrived to the area during the 16th century, and began to settle the region in the following century, as a part of the colony of Acadia. By the early 18th century, the region experienced an influx of Acadian refugees moving into the area, after the French surrendered their claim to Nova…
Duc d'Anville Expedition: Action between HMS Nottingham and the Mars
Acadians at Annapolis Royal, by Samuel Scott, 1751; earliest known image of Acadians